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Crawn was born in June 1920 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey.¹ He/she died in June 1920, at age ~0, in Newark, Essex, New Jersey.¹ He/she was buried on 22 June 1920 in Woodland Cemetery, Newark, Essex, New Jersey.¹

Stillborn.

John J. Reinhardt, Sr., was born on 2 May 1926 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey.² He died on 6 May 2009, at age 83, in Old Bridge, Middlesex, New Jersey.² He was buried in Brig. Gen. Wm. C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Wrightstown, Burlington, New Jersey.²

U.S. Army- WWll.³ John J. Reinhardt, Sr., was an Accountant.³ John J. Reinhardt Sr., 83, of Old Bridge, passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2009, at home. Born in Newark to August and Veronica Reinhardt, he resided there and entered the Army after graduating high school. He served during world War II and received many medals, including the Purple Heart. He later worked as an accountant for Blue Cross and Blue Shield and then for Union Hospital. He was a member of the American Legion and Spotswood Reformed Church. He enjoyed playing golf and loved spending time with his grandchildren.
He was predeceased by his parents, two brothers, August Reinhardt and George Reinhardt; and a sister, Ceil Cranley. John is survived by his wife of 59 years, Adria; a son and daughter-in-law, John J. Reinhardt Jr. and Cathy of Edison; and two grandchildren, John J. Reinhardt III and Colleen Reinhardt.
A funeral service will take place at 11:45 a.m. Friday, May 8 at the funeral home, with burial following in Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Arneytown.
Published in the Home News Tribune on 5/7/2009.

Paul Revere Schriver was born on 29 August 1892 in Bethlehem, Albany, New York.^1,2,3 He and Ada Catherine Crawn were married on 8 June 1918 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey.¹ He died on 26 June 1972, at age 79, in Chester, Orange, New York.^1,3 He was buried in Slate Hill Cemetery, Goshen, Orange, New York.³

Paul Revere Schriver was a Minister.

Robert Wilson Dargue was born on 4 October 1918 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York.^1,2 He died on 5 August 1998, at age 79, in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Missouri.^1,2 He was buried in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery (Plot ZZ O 1028), St. Louis, Missouri.

Robert Wilson Dargue was a Founder/President AMI.³ U.S. Army-WWll.³ Bob Dargue
by Venita Lake
Gateway Division member Bob Dargue
passed away on August 5 after a heart
attack. He was founder and president
of AMI, maker of AMI Instant Roadbed
for model railroads, and a generous
supporter of the hobby and the
Division, providing roadbed for use on
our annual project layouts. My first
recollection of Bob is at a track-laying
session for the first project layout. He
quietly watched us work with cork
roadbed and “wet noodle” flex-track
and afterward asked if any of us had
ever tried AMI. Later he demonstrated
Within those three days, he had made
the largest order the plant had ever
received and kept the plant from
shutting down. By his second year, he
earned a year-end bonus that was
more money than the company
president made. Robert Dargue’s
remarkable ethics prevailed when he
agreed to almost one third of the
amount and allowed the company to
rewrite the contract.
Robert Dargue started his own
business as a manufacturer’s
representative for Band-It Clamps
greatly increasing their sales, and then
started AMI.
Bob and his son, Brandt, used a
product from the air-conditioning
industry to hold model railroad track
down without tacks and for streets and
driveways. Upon seeing how realistic
looking and extremely easy it was, he
quickly realized there was another
market for the product. Early testing
revealed several problems with the
industrial pipe wrap that made it
unacceptable for model railroading.
For instance, it melted some plastic
track and was made to dry out and
shrink around the pipe, and it had
chemical fire retardants to meet
building codes. Being in the rubber
business for many years, Robert
Dargue knew how to reformulate the
product so that it became safe to all
materials, is dimensionally stable, has
an indefinite shelf life, and is non-toxic
He and son Lee, who was very much
into radio-controlled airplanes and
familiar with many hobby shops, set out
to market it as AMI Instant Roadbed to
hobby shops. Bob sent rolls and
information to the leading model
railroading magazines. Model
Railroader magazine tested it, was
impressed, and wrote an article aboutit. Soon distributors were ordering it
and selling it to hobby shops around
the world.
Robert Dargue has been personally
demonstrating Instant Roadbed at
model railroad shows since. He was a
familiar face to many and will be greatly
missed. He usually drove, stopping at
almost every hobby shop on the way,
giving demonstrations and handing out
counter displays. Many of those shops
have been ordering ever since that first
encounter and looked forward to Bob
stopping by again. He always called
himself the sales manager but a few
people really knew that he was the
inventor.
Proud of his country and heritage, and
eager to help other people out, Robert
Dargue was also a Shriner, a Dale
Carnegie Institute instructor, a lifetime
member of the Society of Automotive
Engineers, and numerous other
organizations.
its applications for streets and rock
walls. More recently, he made a point
of writing a note to my husband just to
say how much he had enjoyed and
learned from a clinic he had done-
certainly not necessary, but greatly
appreciated and an indication of his
attention to people and the little things.
Bob’s son Brandt sent along additional
information about his father, some of
which follows. As Hank Kraichely
commented, “All I can say is Bob was
quite a man!!!!!”
Robert Wilson Dargue, inventor of AMI
Instant Roadbed, a unique, simple
system for laying model railroad track,
died at the age of 79 on August 5,
1998.
Bob Dargue was planning on
publishing these memoirs as a book, so
this effort will be continued.
Born in Brooklyn NY in 1918, in his
parent's home, but he grew up in
Midland Park, New Jersey. His
grandfather and father owned Granite
Textile Mill, which employed 70% of the
town. Bob learned ethics by example
from his father who stated that "you
should not take anything you haven't
earned" as he paid his secretary for
three postage stamps given to Bob.
When the mill had to be closed due to
the war, Bob Dargue watched as his
father paid every employee a year's
salary out of his own pocket.
Robert Dargue attended the CMTC
(Citizen's Military Training Corp), a high
school ROTC. He was earning a
degree in Aeronautical Engineering at
Upsala College and working for Wright
Aeronautical when called to duty after
the attack on Pearl Harbor and
assigned to the 245th Coast Artillery at
Fort Hancock, the only defensive Corp
in the Army. He quickly signed up in
the Coast Artillery Officers Candidate
School (OCS) and went to Camp
McQuade where he taught mobile
equipment driving and mechanics.
When the fort closed, he served for the
rest of WWII in the South Pacific where
he was wounded by an enemy grenade
and awarded the Purple Heart.
After the war, Robert Dargue went to
work for Gates Rubber Co. as an office
engineer. He was quickly promoted to
sales manager and moved to South
Bend, Indiana to be closer to the major
customer, Studebaker, Clark
Equipment, and the rest of the
automotive industry. Telling the person
seated next to him on an airplane that
he missed the East Coast, he was
hired as sales manager for B. F.
Goodrich. After Goodrich, he went to
work as marketing manager for a small
company called Prestite located in St.
Louis, Missouri, which desperately
needed help. After moving and
agreeing to 2% commission and 5%
the following year if the sales tripled, he
learned that in only three days the
production workers would be laid off.

Samuel A. Carpenter was born about 1891 in New Jersey.³ He died after 23 January 1920.³

Samuel A. Carpenter was a Phonograph Works Foreman.³

Katherine May Scholl was born on 1 May 1912 in Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^1,2 She died on 27 March 1913, at age 0, in Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^1,2 She was buried in Quakertown Union Cemetery, Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.¹

Ida Ruth Scholl was born on 28 December 1916 in Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^1,2 She died on 24 January 1917, at age 0, in Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^1,2 She was buried in Quakertown Union Cemetery, Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.²

William Arthur Scholl was born on 20 November 1914 in Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^1,2 He died on 17 June 1916, at age 1, in Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^1,2 He was buried in Quakertown Union Cemetery, Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.²

Carl Russell Bair was born on 17 November 1912 in Williamsport, Lycoming, Pennsylvania.^1,2 He and Lillian Estella Scholl were married on 15 July 1940 in Arlington County, Virginia.³ He died on 18 April 1992, at age 79, in Burbank, Los Angeles, California.^1,2 He was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Serenity, Map A17, Lot 252, Space 3), Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.

U.S. Army-WWll- 20 Apr 1945.⁴

Patricia Ann Bair was born on 27 October 1938 in Quakertown, Bucks, Pennsylvania.^1,2,3 She died on 9 January 1984, at age 45, in Simi Valley, Ventura, California.^1,2,3 She was buried in Simi Valley Public Cemetery (4 0 31), Simi Valley, Ventura, California.^1,3

Patricia Ann Bair was a Nurse. U.S. Social Security shows Patricia Ann Bair Law birth date as 27 Oct 1936

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Wife, mother,& nanny. One who thought of others before herself.

Robert John Law, Sr., was born on 21 January 1937 in Pittsburg, Allegheny, Pennsylvania.^1,2 He was married on 11 February 1962 in Los Angeles County, California.³ He was divorced in June 1972.⁴ He died on 1 October 2009, at age 72, in Palmdale, Los Angeles, California.^1,2 He was buried in Simi Valley Public Cemetery (4 O 32), Simi Valley, Ventura, California.